Amy Kennedy

Amy Kennedy (née Savell; born November 20, 1978)[1] is an American educator, mental health advocate, and former political candidate from the state of New Jersey.

[3][4] She graduated in 1997 from Holy Spirit High School and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in elementary education from Pennsylvania State University.

[12][13] According to The Washington Post, Kennedy ran as an "anti-establishment insurgent trying to ride the recent energy of grass-roots activists", and was backed by Martin Luther King III, New Jersey governor Phil Murphy, and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer.

The brother of former NFL offensive tackle Luke Petitgout, Mark played football for the Penn State Nittany Lions.

[4][11] They married in July 2011 at the Kennedy family compound in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, with Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer officiating.

Kennedy attends a rally for the 2012 U.S. Senate campaign of Elizabeth Warren alongside her husband and one of their children